"They call me . . . Tater Salad."
Seriously, Gritz, the very next time you have any chance to check out Ron White, do so. You will laugh until you hurt.
Posted on 08/20/2004 4:39:09 AM PDT by Tom D.
Sam was less "gay tolerant" than South Park, although there are parallels. I certainly found him a slightly guilty pleasure. Laughed my ass off! And I miss him.
My husband and I saw him in Cleveland one time at the Nautica. We were totally destroyed--tears running down our cheeks, and our faces hurt so bad from laughing. He was a very funny man.
So true. I remember Andrew Dice Clay, in his prime. Now that guy could make me laugh!
Sam Kinison-Simply put, the funniest Mother F'er ever. I think he'd like that.
Sam Kinison, Dennis Leary, Dice Clay - in their prime, that would be one helluva show!
The first line I ever heard from Sam Kinison was when he was on a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special. He came out and said, "I would have been here earlier, but I just spent the last 20 minutes at a 7-11 going 'MARLBORO! MARLBORO! SMOKEEE SMOKEEE. YOU CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH, HOW DID YOU GET THIS JOB?! I SHOULDA SHOT YOUR A** IN DA NANG WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE!'" He became my favorite comedian right then and there.
"Oh, you mean the $5000 down payment on your *****?" Whatever happened to him?
Yeah..
Sam as comedian was still Sam the preacher..
Often his routines dealt with morality, religion, etc..
Often, his audience was too busy laughing to realize they had just heard a sermon..
I remember when that revelation struck me..
I think I was high at the time... ;oP
Great post! I too loved BAD SAM. Of my many favorites I still tell the "homosexual necrophiliacs" one with the sight gag of course:
"Oh I'm dead now...I guess I'll just rest in eternal peace with my soul.....what the.. ..hey....hey.....AAAUGUAUAUAUUAUAHGHGHGH."
Killer.
I remember hearing an interview with Sam, not too long before he died. Someone asked him how he was able to reconcile his former life as a preacher with what he was doing as a comedian, and also asked if he had given up on God.
Sam said something to the effect of, "hey, I've read the bible. I know how it ends. It's not like if someone's car is going off a cliff they start yelling 'oh, Satan, please save me'. No, I figure I'm still pretty good with God."
He was a preacher before he did stand-up. (I'm not making that up.)
"You lying whore . . . you used me . . . you never loved me . . . I hope you slide under a gas truck and taste your own blood! Die! Die! Die! I want my records back!"
Screamin' Sam Bump!
"No no, we're not done yet! Let's invade another country! I got a great first stop, VIETNAM! Just totally surprise the hell out of those people! (DL impersonates Vietnamese person): "You make movie?" Not this time pal!"
Oh yeah, the family w/ voiceboxes was side-splitting. Complete robotic monotone "Get the dog too" "Sparky com'ere" "Arfarfarf"
I miss him.
"Yeah, I get a place to f*** yer sister."
Almost spilled a drink.
OMFG... he didn't say that did he!? That's gotta be the funniest thing I've heard all week!
Was that from the phone call too? (see 39) It's been too long since I've revisited Sam's comedic genius.
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